Professor Robert David has been appointed Vice-Dean (Faculty) of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.


As the pandemic continues to change the economy that our graduates will soon navigate, business schools are changing priorities and adapting their programs to better prepare students for success. Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou speaks to Macleans about how McGill is aligning learning outcomes to a post-COVID world.

After five years at the helm of the Desautels Faculty of Management, Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou has been appointed the new Dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. Dean Bajeux-Besnainou will end her second term as Dean in October 2020.

Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou speaks to Bloomberg Businessweek about the steps that the Desautels Faculty of Management has taken to adapt student learning in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

In an environment of uncertainty, business schools have a unique opportunity to fill in the gaps and help businesses evolve to meet the demands of a post-pandemic world. As North America starts to slowly reopen the economy, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou shares how business schools can support the industries most impacted.

COVID-19 has permanently altered the way the world does business. Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, believes that business schools have a responsibility to empower students to thrive in this altered world.

Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, looks at how business schools are providing community outreach to reduce the economic burden of COVID-19.

In an op-ed for Les Affaires, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou considers the far-reaching impact that the current pandemic is having on business. Dean Bajeux-Besnainou notes that in a tumultuous time like this, academic institutions and businesses alike have a responsibility to adapt and contribute to society.

McGill University has announced the reappointment of Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, for a second five-year term, which will begin on July 1, 2020. Dean Bajeux-Besnainou joined Desautels in 2015 as the Faculty’s first female dean.

The Desautels Faculty of Management recently joined forces with RBC Future Launch and The Globe & Mail to deliver the free, online McGill Personal Finance Essentials course. Philip Fine from the McGill News sits down with Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Professor Benjamin Croitoru, and Caroline Paxton (BCom’93) from RBC to share how they worked together to tackle concerns around financial literacy.

For many people, understanding the intricacies of personal finances remains a mystery, made evident by the statistics that reveal that more than 35 per cent of Canadians are not saving for retirement.
Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou joins The Elias Makos Show on CJAD 800 to chat about the Desautels Faculty of Management’s endeavour to give control back to everyday Canadians through the delivery of the McGill Personal Finance Essentials course.

In an interview with CTV News, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou comments on gaps in financial literacy education, and how the new McGill Personal Finance Essentials course is set to inform everyday Canadians on how to better manage their money.

In an opinion piece for The Globe and Mail, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou and Neil McLaughlin, Group Head of Personal and Commercial Banking at Royal Bank of Canada, highlight the growing importance of personal finance management and how education initiatives can support this.

The McGill Personal Finance Essentials free online course will empower Canadians to have a better relationship with their finances
